readGCM

DESCRIPTION

Reads a very specific format of a global climate model. Data courtesy of Los Alamos National Laboratory Selectable fields 1 - Surface Pressure 2 - Vorticity (3d) 3 - Divergence (3d) 4 - U Wind Component (3d) 5 - V Wind Component (3d) 6 - Vertical Pressure Velocity (3d) 7 - Atmospheric Temperature (3d) 8 - Mixing Ratio (3d) 9 - Geopotential of Surface 10 - Surface Type Flag 11 - Surface Temperature 12 - Cumulative Precipitation Rate 13 - Condensed Moisture (3d) 14 - Fractional Cloud Amount (3d) 15 - Avg. Solar Flux at Surface 16 - Avg. Solor Flux in Atmosphere 17 - Avg. IR Flux at Surface 18 - Avg. Longwave Flux in Atmosphere 19 - Avg. Total Albedo 20 - Short Wave Heating Rate (3d) 21 - Long Wave Heating Rate (3d) 22 - Short and Long Wave Flux at Surface 23 - Sensible Heat Flux at Surface 24 - Latent Heat Flux at Surface 25 - IR Heat Flux at Surface 26 - Zonal Component of Surface Wind Stress 27 - Meridional Component of Surface Wind Stress 28 - Surface Water Vapor Mixing Ratio 29 - Soil Surface Temperature 30 - Second Soil Level Temperature 31 - Third Soil Level Temperature 32 - Fourth Soil Level Temperature 33 - Fifth Soil Level Temperture 34 - Surface Soil Moisture 35 - Total Soil Moisture 36 - Vertical Diffusion Coefficient for Momentum (3d) 37 - Vertical Diffusion Coefficient for Heat (3d) 38 - 3D Precipitation Rate, Average (3d) 39 - 2D Evaporation Rate, Average 40 - Sigma Dot at Cell Interfaces (3d) 41 - Convective Temperatures Change (3d)

INPUTS

WIDGETS

Port: filepath
Type: Text
The global climate model filename

Port: input fields
Type: Text

Port: time step
Type: Slider
Selection of time step

OUTPUTS

Port: Climate Data
Type: Lattice
Global climate field

PROBLEMS

SEE ALSO


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